October Payrolls Up Overall but Down in Mining, Logging and Schools
This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate in Pennsylvania was down slightly to 5.1...
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Majority of Voters Blame Legislature for Budget Impasse, Poll Shows
In a story on Lancasteronoline today, East Hempfield Township resident Duane Smith made the same observation that our analysis...
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Proposed PA Severance Tax Meets Modified Goldilocks Standard – Not Too Big or Too Small, But Just Right
To restore funding for education, boost economic development and strengthen oversight of the gas drilling industry, Governor Wolf proposed...
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In Honest & Constructive Debate You’re Not Supposed to Make Up Stuff
Drilling industry representatives, some Republican legislators and their think tank supporters are ignoring Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s famous caution, “you...
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Unconventional Drilling Is Associated with Increased Hospital Utilization Rates
A new study by the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University finds that people living near active gas drilling...
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First of Top Five Facts About Drilling and Taxes in Pa.
Gov. Wolf has proposed a severance tax on the extraction of natural gas in Pennsylvania to provide funding for...
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Voters Like Gov. Wolf’s Budget Plan
The latest poll from Franklin and Marshall’s Center for Opinion Research shows that a solid majority of voters—58%—support Gov....
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Bursting the Shale Jobs’ Balloon
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has corrected “glaring errors” in the way it counts jobs related to...
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While Drillers’ Production Soars, Pennsylvania’s Impact Fee Stumbles
The impact fee isn’t working for Pennsylvania, but it is for the gas drillers.
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Schools Report on How They Would Put Restored Funding to Use
School districts were hit hard by state funding cuts over the past several years. Gov. Wolf’s first state budget...
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Monster Wells and Soaring Revenues
There’s wonderful news coming out of Pennsylvania’s gas fields, if you’re an investor. Range Resources is boasting about its...
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PA Leaves Money on the Table by Not Enacting a Natural Gas Severance Tax
Responding to overwhelming public support for enacting a severance tax on natural gas production, Governor Wolf and several members...
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